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Joseph Burchinal papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0006
Scope and Contents Note
This collection contains Joseph Burchinal’s correspondence, course work, speeches and other materials during and after his education at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. Included in his correspondence are two letters that discuss the beginning of the Civil War and mention soldiers in Chestertown, the other is on stationary with an image of Uncle Sam kicking Jeff Davis. There are also letters to two of Washington College’s presidents and Dr. Montgomery Jones. In Burchinal’s course...
Dates:
1855-1863
Richard T. Earle, Jr. essay
Collection — Box: Multi 02
Identifier: MS-0017
Scope and Contents Note
This collection contains an essay entitled “Were England and France Justifiable in Declaring War Against Russia?” Earle’s essay says the war was justified citing Russia’s treatment of Turkey and its continuous expansion.
Dates:
1856